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What does Winona mean?
Winona 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced wyw-NOH-nah. It is of Native American Indian origin, and the meaning of Winona is "first-born daughter". From Sioux Indian. Made popular by poets such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Made familiar in modern times by actress Winona Ryder and country singer Wynonna Judd.
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Variations
VARIANTS Wenona, Wenonah, Winnie▼, Winnona, Winoena, Winonah, Winonna, Wynnona, Wynona, Wynonna
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Winona Cooper (W.C.), ..
How popular is Winona?
Winona is a very prominent first name for females (#1114 out of 4276, Top 26%) but an unusual surname for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Winona reached its highest rank of #442 in the U.S. in the 1920s, but is not in the Top 1000 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Winnie (#1005 A YEAR AGO), Wenona, Wenonah and Wynona are the prominent related forms of Winona listed in the Top 2000. These forms of Winona were popular as baby names 128 years ago (ADOPTION OF 0.11%) and have become significantly less widespread since (ADOPTION 0.02%, ▼86%), with forms like Winona becoming somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Winona▼ is alike in pronunciation to Anina, Aninna, Annina, Annona, Anona, Anonna and Yonina. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Dimona, Dinora, Diona, Eilona, Finola, Fiona▲, Ginna, Hinna, Jinna, Kinna, Kiona, Linna, Minna▼, Ninon, Rimona, Riona, Simona, Tiona, Viona, Wanna, Wilna, Wilona, Wilone, Wina, Winne, Winny and Winola. These names tend to be less commonly used than Winona.
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